The Laguna Podcast

Today i sit down with someone who is carrying on a family legacy that has driven many anglers to and from the day of their lives. Cory Baumann is an amazing person and a legendary prop builder. He is the third in the generational lineage of true propeller building masters.

I want to apologize for my microphone not capturing full audio. Luckily Bill's microphone captured his voice perfectly. Aside from that hiccup, this was one of the most interesting conversations i have ever had with anyone over highly advanced fly rod techniques and methods. I hope you enjoy my conversation with FFF master instructor: Bill Gammel.

Today i share a conversation with one of the best minds that targets redifsh on fly in texas. Bill hagen is successful part time guide. Having won many tournaments throughout his career, he is one of the few elite to have their name etched in the biggest trophy in all of saltwater fly fishing. The Gold Cup. I truly enjoyed being able to sit down and have this conversation.

Today i sit down with one of the true trailblazers of the lower laguna madre. Someone who truly figured it out by putting his nose to the grindstone. I truly enjoyed this conversation, trying to picture what it was like to experience the LLM in a truly untouched fashion. I hope you enjoy my conversation with Wade Dunkin.

Today I have a conversation with one of the few names I will always be excited to fish with as time passes. Marcus is a practicing dentist out of harlingen texas, and despite leaving for half a decade to pursue his education, he came as quick as he left to come back and continue his passion in the lower laguna madre—a great friend of mine, and someone I use as motivation in my own studies. I hope...

Today i sit down with a friend of mine from the middle texas coast. He made most of his way as a bowfishing guide for gar, and eventually moved towards fly fishing. He now is a part time guide when he is not shooting at competitions. I hope yall enjoy my conversation with Logan Crane.

Today i share a conversation with the first person to expose me to the lower laguna madre. I spent many days skipping school to spend on the bow of his boat, and would do it all over again. Someone I look up to still, and try to learn from constantly. This is my conversation with Tim Obrien.

Today i had the luxury of being able to share a conversation with one of the most conservation-friendly people to ever come out of the LLM, as of right now, Richard spends his days working hard to show people the beauty in nature, attempting to show the resource at its core. With a main objective of showing the masses why we need to care about our resource. What a conversation.

this episode is a short format continuation of my conversation with bud rowland. He wanted to have some of his trout discoveries read and recorded on the podcast, and I am honored to even simply have another chat with him on the record. Enjoy

today i had the pleasure of sitting down with one of the most amazing people to ever pick up a fly rod. His passion for the fishery and the sport was extremely apparent through his work as a television personality, and he ended up creating some amazing things for the community as a result of it. Bud has most likely imprinted on almost every single current fly angler that has come out of the LLM, i...

today i had the luxury of being able to sit down with one of the most well respected names to ever come out of the lower laguna madre. Captain eric glass is someone who has done it all, it takes a lifetime and a half to master the fishery we have, and he seems to have done just that. Eric is an amazing angler, a fantastic guide, a bright mind, and a stellar idol for many up coming guides and stewa...

larry is one of the most badass people that calls the LLM home. He has found an affinity for tarpon in a fishery that was once thought to not have them, and gotten damn close to mastering it. He is a great angler and a greater artist.

Today i speak with a good friend of mine, about the beginning of our fishing careers. The commonalities between our lucky situations. I found this episode unique due to the fact that ryan and I tend to have similar outlooks on the industry as well as life. My goal with this episode was to shine a light on our experiences aswell as illustrate the great person that ryan is, both on and off the water...

For my first episode released, I wanted to record the life of one of my biggest influences in fishing. A great mentor and an even better friend, Rick Hartman. 25 years guiding on the LLM, Fly casting on the big stage, and animals with abnormally large appendages.